These days, top collectors tend to rely on art consultants for guidance on what to buy or not buy – and one of the better-known names is New York-based consultant Lisa Schiff. Ms. Schiff, who until a few years ago had Leonardo DiCaprio as her client, has been in business since 2002 and now has …
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Behind this slow surrender comes the election of Donald Trump, whom Fields calls “our mad leader.” Maksik convincingly captures the posthumous feeling of New York in the wake of the 2016 election, at least among many in the media class; opens the book “in that terrible season, in that terrible year, in our sad city”. …
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One of the most fascinating dance events of recent years appearance By the Nrityagram Dance Troupe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015. The splendor of the Dendur Temple found its way into the moving statue of dancers Bijayi Satpathy and Surupa Sen. Now Satpathy is back, this time on his own. MetLiveArts artist …
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Yashua Klos’ first solo museum exhibition “Our Labour” Wellin Art Museum Clinton, NY is a very meaningful start. Throughout the exhibition, the themes of family and labor intertwine with the historical situation of the Great Migration and the coincidence of a DNA test that reveals blood relatives that the artist hardly knew. Born to a …
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BRUSSELS – Since the biggest performing arts festival in Brussels kicked off last weekend, there were a few traditional scenes in sight. Instead, audiences gathered at colonial-era monuments, a disused railway museum, and even the debate room of the Belgian Senate. One of their directors, Daniel Blanca Gubbay, said during a break between performances that …
SAINT SEBASTIAN’S ABYSSby Mark Haber LONG CUTby Emily Hall Contemporary fiction does not judge the art world genres as harshly as it does, say, assassins for hire, but at least assassins can be trusted to perform a useful service. By comparison, characters in art-related novels tend to be dishonest: jackal traders, greedy collectors, fake painters, …
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In 1985, salesman Tony Shafrazi designed a poster encourage his show Collaborative paintings by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The footage showed the two performers wearing boxing gloves as if they were getting ready to fight each other. Although amusing, the poster hinted at the complex relationship between Warhol and Basquiat; they were both rivals …
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The cave curves for two miles beneath northern Alabama, with gorges that turn into mysterious dark zones, sediment deposits, a waterfall, and deep pools. Ancient footprints are buried in its furthest gorge. The names of Union soldiers from the Civil War are scribbled on a wall. Bending over the ceiling because the ceiling was too …
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In fact, sometimes art speeds up even when bombs are falling. Mr. Voznyak said that two Ukrainian artists, Vlada Ralko and Volodymyr Budnikov, spent a month in a disused gallery in the palace, which was suddenly vacated after the Russian invasion. They donated dozens of artifacts that they produced, most of them describing the war. …
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The Independent Art Fair is back and in good shape. Back to the elegance of TriBeCa Spring Studios after a short chat farther cityThis year’s edition of the modest-scale yet elegantly curated art fair features 17 new exhibitors spread over four floors from a total of 67 people. While the general mood is more reassuring …
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TREND isn’t limited to the French capital, either. Last summer, Lucy Chadwick, the British-born former senior director of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in New York City, has decided to relocate it, with a few days’ notice, in response to the urge to return to Europe after feeling overwhelmed by both the Trump presidency and Brexit. open …
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